Ride Along (film)

Ride Along
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTim Story
Screenplay by
Story byGreg Coolidge
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyLarry Blanford
Edited byCraig Alpert
Music byChristopher Lennertz
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • January 17, 2014 (2014-01-17) (United States)
Running time
100 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25 million[2]
Box office$154.5 million[2]

Ride Along is a 2014 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Tim Story and starring Ice Cube and Kevin Hart.

The film follows Ben Barber (Kevin Hart), a security guard who must prove to his girlfriend's police officer brother, James Payton (Ice Cube), that he is worthy of marrying her. During their 24-hour patrol of Atlanta, Ben accidentally gets wrapped up in James' hunt for an arms dealer, Omar (Laurence Fishburne).

The film was produced by Relativity Media, Cube Vision Productions and Rainforest Films, and distributed by Universal Pictures. Following two premieres in Atlanta and Los Angeles, the film was released worldwide on January 17, 2014. A sequel, Ride Along 2, was released on January 15, 2016.

  1. ^ "RIDE ALONG (12A)". Universal Pictures. British Board of Film Classification. January 21, 2014. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Ride Along". Box Office Mojo. April 17, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2015.